Wind-shield protector.



l. C. BOWMAN. wmo SHIELD PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20. 1916.

Patented'Nov. 7, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

l. C. BOWMAN.

WIND SHIELD PROTECTOR. APPLICATION FILED 'MAR. 20, 1916.

Patented Nov. 7,1916.

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2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- IRWIN C. BOWMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WIND-SHIELD PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. '7 acre.

Application filed March 20, 1916. Serial No. 85,338.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, IRWIN C.v BOWMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illino1s, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wind-Shield Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a protector for transparent wind-shields, such, for example and more particularly, as are used on automobiles, which shall be of simple construction, readily and stably applicable to its operative position and 'as readily removable for disuse, and which may be adjusted, when in that position, to extend at any desired angle to the windshield protected by it.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a broken'perspective view showing my improved, protector in its simplest form operatively supported on the wind-shield of anautomobile; Fig. 2 is an enlarged I broken view-in elevation, partly sectional,

illustrating the means employed with the form of the device represented in Fig. 1, for adjustably supporting the protector on its hangers; Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the parts, for so supporting the protector, in disassembled relation Fig. 4c

is a broken perspective view of the protector as shown in Fig. 1, but slightly modified,- and Fig. 5 is a similar view of the same provided with a further modified form of the adjustable supporting means.

The body of the protector is a sheet 6 of any suitable material, which may be metal, tinned or painted, or transparent or translucent, such as glass or celluloid. The

sheet is shown in its preferred rectangular form and should be considerably narrower than the wind-shield 7 with which it is used, so 'as to project over and cover only or mainly that portion of the shield immediately in front of thedriver at the steeringwheel 8,-thereby to prevent rain, snow or sleet from striking that portion and ob- "scuring the vision through it. A weather- -strip 9, of rubber or the like, is fastened on the outer surface of the sheet to project beyond its rear edge, by a metal strap'lO riveted at intervals to the sheet through the weather-strip and terminating at its ends in depending perforated ears 10 The a protector is hung, atits rear corner-porthereto by bolts 13 against interposed spring washers 14, and nuts 15. The protector may be adjusted to proect at any desired angle, upon the pivotbolts, by turning it .on the latter. The weather-strip bears, for its obvious purpose, agalnst the outer face of the wind-shield. The construction illustrated in I Fig. 4 differs from that already described in havmg the hanger-ears elongated, as represented at 12", and their perforations'in the form of longitudinal slots 12, to enable the protector to be adjusted on the hangers, upon loosening the bolts, by raising or lowerlng it bodily and tilting it to'project at any desired inclination or angle, and retightening the bolts.

For larger wind-shields, requiring larger and heavier protectors, the construction lllustrated in Fig. 5 may be employed. Herein, the hangers 12 and slotted ears 12 are like those shown in Fig. l, except that they are longer; and they are adju-stably connected with the strap-ears 10 in the manner already described. An additional adjustable fastening is provided, however, for the outer-end portion of the protector, where the sheet 6 has a perforated ear, like that shown at 10", depending from each of its opposite edges. Mutually overlapping longitudinally slotted bars 16 and 17 are lengthwise adjustable one upon the other to afford an extensible and contractible brace, the bar-members being releasably fastened together by a bolt 18 passing through their registering slots and carrying a wing-nut 19. The bar 16 is pivotally connected at its outer end with an ear 10 and the companion bar 17 is connected with the ear 12*, near the lower end of its slot 12 in the same manner that each car 10 v is connected therewith, namely, by a nutfastened bolt passing through the slot and through a spring-washer. As will be understood, it is intended to provide one of these extensible and contractible braces for wing-nuts 19, the sheet may be raised or lowered bodily to extend at any desired elevation from the wind-shield, and may be turned to project at any desired angle from the latter; the several bolts to be tightened to secure the parts in their adjusted positions.

I realize that considerable variation is possible in the details of construction thus specifically shown and described, and I do not intend to be limitcdthereto my intention being in the following claififtdclaim protection upon all the novelty there may be in my invention as broadly as the state of the art will-permit. r

pivotal and sliding movement while maintaining the space closed.

IRWIN o. BOWMAN. 

